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Guggenheim Furloughs 92 Employees, Announcing $10M Shortfall
“We’re not surprised, but also not giving up,” says the Guggenheim Union.
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Kent Monkman Auctions One of His Drawings to Support Toronto’s Indigenous Communities
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC), a nonprofit that provides cultural, socio-economic, health, and housing support for the city's Indigenous residents.
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Finding Humor in Crisis, Gallery Photoshops Wild Animals in Its Closed Exhibition
Forced to shutter to contain the pandemic, Guatemala City’s Proyectos Ultravioleta has created a series of “Nature is Healing” memes, which are both endearing and hilarious.
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Art Funders Join Forces to Distribute $10 Million to Individual Artists
Organizations including the Joan Mitchell Foundation and the Ford Foundation came together to match $5 million in seed funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and will distribute $5,000 unrestricted grants.
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Getty, Warhol, and Frankenthaler Foundations Provide Emergency Relief for Artists and Orgs
As the COVID-19 pandemic roils the arts community, the organizations launched emergency funding initiatives to support the cultural sector.
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MoMA Terminates All Museum Educator Contracts
In an email sent this week, the museum told educators "it will be months, if not years, before we anticipate returning to budget and operations levels to require educator services."
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Projecting $7M in Losses in 2020, Whitney Museum Lays Off 76 Staffers
Director Adam Weinberg says many of those who were laid off “work in visitor-related roles and are no longer able to fulfill their duties now that the Museum is closed.”
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During Crisis, Photographers Receive 100% of Proceeds From This Online Print Sale
New York-based photo center BKC and artist group Seeing Collective have partnered to sell prints online.
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New Stimulus Protects Some Union Workers, But Not All
The new CARES Act calls for “union neutrality” for companies with 500-10,000 employees receiving loans, which may impact the wave of unionizations at nonprofit museums.
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Amid Global Crisis, Top Galleries Announce Unspecified Donations to Undisclosed Charities
A PR representative declined to name the charities, presumably COVID-19 relief related causes, but assured that they were “prominent,” “crucial to global relief efforts,” and “not run by anyone problematic.”
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A New Emergency Relief Grant for Women Artists Over 40
The Anonymous Was a Woman emergency grant will distribute a total of $250,000 in funding, up to $2,500 for each grantee.
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Art Students Demand University Accountability and Reimbursements During Pandemic
Students at some of the most renowned art universities in the country, including the Rhode Island School of Design, Yale, and NYU Tisch, are sounding alarm bells about their schools’ handling of the COVID-19 crisis.